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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Feb 1;210(6):526.e1–526.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.01.037

Table 1.

Characteristics of Sample, by Race/Ethnicity

Overall
(N=7214)
White
(n=3755)
Hispanic
(n=1589)
Black
(n=1326)
Other
(n=544)
Socio-demographic
characteristic
Category N (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) p value
χ2
Age 15–19 679 (8) 358 (7) 143 (8) 125 (9) 53 (9) 0.1899
20–29 2841 (35) 1408 (34) 629 (36) 572 (39) 232 (35)
30–39 2595 (38) 1342 (38) 621 (40) 450 (34) 182 (36)
40–44 1099 (20) 647 (21) 196 (17) 179 (18) 77 (20)
Income < 100 poverty level 1775 (19) 610 (13) 521 (32) 521 (35) 123 (19) <.0001
100–299 poverty level 3082 (42) 1527 (40) 765 (49) 556 (43) 234 (44)
>299 poverty level 2357 (38) 1618 (47) 303 (19) 249 (22) 187 (37)
Education HS diploma or less 3447 (44) 1449 (37) 1032 (66) 763 (56) 203 (31) <.0001
Some college 3767 (56) 2306 (63) 557 (34) 563 (44) 341 (69)
Insurance Status Private 4095 (64) 2573 (73) 654 (41) 561 (48) 307 (60) <.0001
Public/None 3119 (36) 1182 (27) 935 (59) 765 (52) 237 (40)
Marital Status Ever been married 3971 (65) 2312 (69) 906 (63) 469 (46) 284 (60) <.0001
Never been married 3243 (35) 1443 (31) 683 (37) 857 (54) 260 (40)
Religion None 1470 (19) 952 (22) 245 (13) 160 (11) 113 (19) <.0001
Catholic 1856 (25) 743 (19) 933 (59) 68 (6) 112 (22)
Protestant 3327 (48) 1709 (50) 357 (23) 1057 (79) 204 (36)
Other 561 (9) 351 (9) 54 (4) 41 (4) 115 (23)
Parity 0 2466 (32) 1525 (36) 373 (22) 337 (25) 231 (36) <.0001
1 1372 (17) 685 (17) 299 (16) 298 (21) 90 (17)
2 1765 (27) 940 (28) 383 (23) 331 (27) 111 (23)
3+ 1611 (24) 605 (19) 534 (40) 360 (28) 112 (24)
Unintended Pregnancies 0 3525 (51) 2139 (56) 674 (42) 420 (32) 292 (52) <.0001
1 1814 (26) 908 (25) 449 (28) 333 (25) 124 (26)
2 992 (13) 423 (12) 259 (16) 256 (19) 54 (9)
3+ 883 (11) 285 (7) 207 (14) 317 (23) 74 (13)
Ever had an Abortion No 6074 (85) 3243 (87) 1370 (87) 992 (77) 469 (86) <.0001
Yes 1140 (15) 512 (13) 219 (13) 334 (23) 75 (14)